[Foundation-l] Jimbo hasn't actually given up anything

[Jimmy Wales]

Alec,

Please don't continue with assumptions of bad faith.

--Jimbo

On 5/9/10 1:19 PM, Alec Conroy wrote:
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Kim Bruning<kim at bruning.xs4all.nl>  wrote:
>> I was just about to post about the need to assure the commons community
>> that there would be no repeat performance.
> That need is still there, Kim.
>
> Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, Jimbo kept his power to give
> himself whatever powers he wants.
>
> So, instead of giving up "virtually all" of his founder powers, he
> actually still has total access to all of them.
>
> This looks, to my eyes, to be one of those "subtle miscommunications"
> where Jimbo implies one thing is true, we all buy it, and then it
> turns out we all just misunderstood him.
>
> ----
> For example, that new policy the board was about to announce any
> second-- only to see that the "new policy" is that the board is not
> starting any new policies.
>
> Or, the time Jimbo somehow got us all to think that this was a legal
> issue, before the foundation lawyers  set us straight.
>
> Or the time Jimbo claimed to have lost "virtually all of his powers"
> except 'view delete', and it turned out he actually still had access
> to all of his powers.   Oh wait-- already mentioned that one.
>
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